diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 78ab3f7..5e25cc6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ Include 'js/angular-bootstrap.js', 'js/angular-bootstrap-prettify.js', 'js/docs-
 
 Copy additional css files to the documentation app
 
+#### template
+[default] null
+
+Allow to use your own template. Use the default template at src/templates/index.tmpl as reference.
 
 #### startPage
 [default] '/api'
diff --git a/tasks/grunt-ngdocs.js b/tasks/grunt-ngdocs.js
index 49e1a86..2c50ca3 100644
--- a/tasks/grunt-ngdocs.js
+++ b/tasks/grunt-ngdocs.js
@@ -211,10 +211,11 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
           imageLink: options.imageLink,
           bestMatch: options.bestMatch,
           deferLoad: !!options.deferLoad
-        };
+        },
+        template = options.template ? options.template : path.resolve(templates, 'index.tmpl');
 
     // create index.html
-    content = grunt.file.read(path.resolve(templates, 'index.tmpl'));
+    content = grunt.file.read(template);
     content = grunt.template.process(content, {data:data});
     grunt.file.write(path.resolve(options.dest, 'index.html'), content);